topic Re: PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M in PCs & Accessories

PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M

oldirty — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:10:45 GMT

HI THERE MAYBE ANYONE CAN HELP ME WHEN I TRY TO INSTALL THE LATES NVIDIA DRIVERS 71....,I GET THE NEXT MESSEGE UPON INSTALATION:'NVIDIA SETUP PROGRAM COULD NOT LOCATE ANY DRIVERS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR HARDWARE.SETUP WILL NOW EXIT'
BY THE WAY I OWN A VAIO VGC-V2M WITH GEFORCE FX 5700 GO 128RAM

Re: PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M

kee-lo_ — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:16:59 GMT

You need Sony specific drivers.
But as they don't come out often, you'll probably have a long wait.

Re: PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M

oldirty — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:06:21 GMT

TKS FOR THE INFO I HAD NO IDEEA ABOUT THAT,SO I MUST MAKE A COMPLAIN WITH SONY TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS

Re: PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M

robpaxton — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:13:56 GMT

Yes, Sony are notoriously poor at updating their drivers.

They don't make much of an effort to update drivers and their standard response to program problems that are caused by old drivers is that they don't support or provide any guarantee that any software that's not provided by them will work.

Sometimes people are forced to used unofficial hacked drivers like the omega drivers just to get their programs to work properly. Unfortunately, these drivers can cause problems with some of the Sony software/hardware and their use can theoretically even result in hardware damage.

Re: PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M

kee-lo_ — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:48:31 GMT

It's catch 22 there.
Stick with old drivers that don't work or risk it with Omega...

Re: PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M

oldirty — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:31:28 GMT

i have to sayy that i'm using omega 16177 drivers and they work quite good

tks for your posts

Re: PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M

robpaxton — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:41:57 GMT

I've never heard of anyone who has had their hardware damaged by using omegadrivers and I'm pleased to hear that they are working well for you. It would be better if Sony could manage to update their drivers more regularly though so people wouldn't be forced into using the unofficial ones.

Re: PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M

kee-lo_ — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 03:12:38 GMT

Rob,

Yeah I have no idea who started this rumour, but it spread fast!